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Romanian Detained Customs Office Chief Confesses To Taking Bribes

Cornel Costea, head of the customs office in Ploiesti, southern Romania, who has been placed under 29-day preventive arrest for corruption on Friday morning, confessed to taking bribes.

Fmr Customs Worker Accuses Romanian Union Leader Of Bribe Taking

A former customs worker at the southern Romanian Giurgiu crossing point said Sed Lex union leader Vasile Marica took bribes from customs employees to have them promoted or kept in their jobs.

Romanian Prosecutors Indict Customs Authority Head For Corruption

Romanian anticorruption prosecutors on Wednesday indicted National Customs Authority head Radu Traian Marginean on charges of corruption, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Businessman Caught Offering Bribe To High Official

Romania's National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) on Friday caught a businessman in the act of offering a EUR50,000 bribe to Interior Ministry state secretary Dan Fatuloiu, in exchange for solving a series of cases in his favor, said people close to the matter.

Romania Sacks Road Auth Staff Accused Of Taking Bribe From AC/DC Staff

Romanian Transport Minister Radu Berceanu told a news conference Thursday that the ten employees of local road department DRDP in Timisoara, western Romania, who exacted EUR50 for each of the 29 cars carrying rock band AC/DC’s equipment for a concert in Bucharest, were sacked.

Romanian Court Of Appeals Denies Release From Custody To Football Financer, Businessman

The Court of Appeals in Pitesti, southern Romania, ruled Friday that Cornel Penescu, financer of football club FC Arges, and Liviu Facaleata, former general manager of SC PIC SA Pitesti, will remain in custody for 29 days, as the Court of Arges County decided Tuesday.

Romanian Officials Took Bribe From Turkish Daimler Subsidiary – US Justice Dept

German carmaker Daimler AG has been charged with violating United States bribery laws, after it was revealed that a Turkish branch had been buying off government officials in several countries, including Romania, in order to score business deals.

Three Quarters Of Romanians Wouldn’t Give Bribe To Get A Job – Poll

Three quarters of Romanians would refuse to bribe anyone to get a job and 17% would be willing to pay to get a job they consider good, according to a poll conducted by recruitment website Jobsinro.ro between March 12 and 17.

Romanian Mayor Charged With Bribery, Forgery, Placed Under Preventive Arrest

The mayor of the southern Romanian city Craiova, Antonie Solomon, was placed under 29-day preventive arrest Wednesday afternoon, after some five hours of hearings, under charges of soliciting bribe, forgery and use of forgery.

Romanian Mayor Sentenced To 3 And 1/2 Years In Prison For Graft

The mayor of the southern Romanian town Ramnicu Valcea, Mircia Gutau, and former deputy mayor Nicolae Dicu have been sentenced to three years and a half in prison each for bribe taking.

EHF Suspends Romanian Coach, Handball Federation Ex-VP Over Match Fixing Attempts

The European Handball Federation said Thursday that Romania’s national team coach Aihan Omer and the former vice-president of the Romanian Handball Federation, Petru Paleu, have been suspended from all international competitions for five years because they tried to bribe referees.

Romanian Football Graft Trial Prosecutors Widen Suspect List

The manager of Romanian Pic, Gheorghita Pieca, is charged with having removed from the cashier some 500,000 lei (EUR1= RON4.1762) which he allegedly gave to football club officials Cornel Penescu and Liviu Facaleata who, in turn, paid football officials to favor their club, FC Arges.

Romanian Football Corruption Suspects Marcel Lica, Aurelian Bogaciu Remain Under Arrest

The suspended vice president of the Romanian Central Committee of Referees, Marcel Lica, and referee Aurelian Bogaciu remained under arrest as the Pitesti Court of Appeal allowed the prosecution appeal against the release of Lica under judicial control and rejected Bogaciu’s challenge of his arrest.

Romanian Pwr Plant Rovinari Checked For Bribe By Prosecutors

Romania’s National Anticorruption Department DNA started to verify the accusations made by a former financial manager with an US California-based plant, who claimed to have bribed the representatives of state-run thermal power producer Rovinari to get some contracts.

Two Traffic Cops Caught Soliciting Bribe In E Romania

Two Romanian traffic police officers, Marius Milea and Nicolae Rotaru, were detained Friday evening by anticorruption officers, as they solicited bribe from an undercover police officer.

Romanian Anticorruption Prosecutors Indict Ex Agriculture Ministers In Graft Case

Romanian anticorruption prosecutors indicted former agriculture ministers Traian Decebal Remes charged with favoring a firm to win a public procurement auction in exchange for a luxury car, food products and EUR15,000.

Romanian Football Mogul Probed For Bribery

Romanian football club Steaua Bucharest officials Gigi Becali and Teia Sponte, as well as football club Universitatea Cluj president Anton Dobos and one of his acquaintances, Traian Bendorfean, are under criminal investigation for corruption, said the National Anticorruption Department (DNA).

Romanian Fin Ministry Legal Adviser Caught Taking Bribe

A legal adviser with the Romanian Ministry of Economy and Finance was caught red-handed receiving RON5,000 from a man who was going to be evicted from his home, Bucharest police spokesman Christian Ciocan told MEDIAFAX Tuesday.

Romanian Ex Agric Min Muresan Could Not See Prosecution File In Bribe Case

Romania’s former agriculture minister Ioan Avram Muresan, prosecuted in the bribery case involving former agriculture minister Decebal Traian Remes, did not see the file containing the charges brought against him.

Romanian Anticorruption Prosecutors Seize Ex Agric Min Apartment

Romanian anticorruption prosecutors seized an apartment held by former agriculture minister Decebal Traian Remes in the northern Romanian city of Baia Mare, people close to the investigation told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Physicians College Dismisses TI Allegations On Bribe Legalization

The Romanian Physicians College, or CMR, on Monday dismissed the accusations of Transparency International Romania, which said CMR presented a draft act that would legalize bribe in the healthcare system.

TI Romania Urges Govt To Reject Any Attempt To Legalize Bribe In Health Sys

The Romanian government must firmly reject any act that might legalize bribe in the healthcare system, Transparency International Romania said in a statement Monday.